"Clapper" Definition

Definitions for the word "Clapper" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
Tongue or striker of a bell. like the clappers slang very fast or hard.
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
2. slang
the tongue. Said of an over-talkative person, to be hung in the middle and to sound with both ends.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864

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